Stock Market Valuation Indicators

The Markets in 2017 have been stagnant in most World markets except in the USA, after the Trump election rally. Gaging by historical valuation indicators, stocks and bonds are currently overvalued.

Since the 2008 crisis, the Markets have shown a "false" recovery, not due to private investors buying assets, but rather due to central and retail banks creating liquidity by buying assets, due central banks printing money.

Rather then follow the traditional Fundamental Analysis analogies, the majority of investors go by what central banks say and do. This will change as more people start to question what these banks are doing to their economies.

Be cautious as we do not currently have a free market.

The Shiller PE Ratio Valuation Indicator

The chart below shows the current Shiller PE ratio, which historically shows that the SP 500 stock index is overvalued.

The Buffett Valuation Indicator

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Gross Federal Debt as percent of the US GDP

NYSE Margin Debt

Margin debt is debt investors takes on by trading on margins. Such debt occurs when investors borrow part of the initial capital from the broker instead of covering the entire upfront cost with cash. The borrowed part is the margin debt and the portion funded with cash is the margin. As a market indicator, the margin debt is the aggregate borrowings taken on by the market as a whole. NYSE market watchers try to anticipate economic recessions based on changes in margin debt. (Source: Investopedia)

Household Debt and Credit Report

The S&P 500 Historical Price Valuation Indicator

The 10 Year Treasury Bond Rate Valuation Indicator

The above chart shows the current 10 Year Treasury Bond Yield of 2.16%, though it has increased from July 2016 low of 1.50%.

The Federal Reserve Central Bank has been raising interest rates and yet the yield is still close to it's lows as compared to the mean of 4.58%.

Gold to Monetary Base Ratio

The chart below shows the ratio of the gold price to the St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base back to 1918. The monetary base roughly matches the size of the Federal Reserve balance sheet, which indicates the level of new money creation required to prevent debt deflation. Previous gold bull markets ended when this ratio crossed over the 4.8 level.

Gold historical is undervalued compared to how much money has been created.